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Optimization of a Wild-Type Mesophilic Clostridium Species That Produces Butanol

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
Optimization of a wild-type mesophilic Clostridium Species that produces butanol Fengxue Xin, Sandhi Eko Bramono, and Jianzhong He* (*Email:...

Study On Thermo-Bio-Chemical Biorefinery: Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass After Hydrolysis Pre-Treatment

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
Study on Thermo-Bio-Chemical Biorefinery: Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass After Hydrolysis Pre-treatment Rene Garrido, Nydia Ruiz-Felix,...

Rules of Thumb for Reactor Design and Process Conditions for Thermochemical Treatment of Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) Treated Wood Waste

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
Lab-scale pyrolysis experiments have been performed to gain insight in the mechanisms influencing the metal behavior during carbonization of...

Critical Conditions for High Efficiency Flocculation of Freshwater Algae with Ferric Chloride

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Algae have recently received much attention due to their potential as a source of clean biofuel. One of the key economic hurdles in the production of...

Impact of Lignin Extraction and Cellulose III Conversion On the Enzymatic Digestibility of Corn Stover

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
The benefits of delignification on plant cell wall digestibility by hydrolytic enzymes are well described in the literature. The presence of lignin...

Biofuels Manufacturing: From Feedstocks to Manufacturing and End-Product Quality Control

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
Biofuels quality is related to the inherent of feedstock materials (RMs) and operating conditions used in their production. However to be used as...

Effect of AFEX Pretreatment Degradation Products On Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Microbial Fermentation by Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST)

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
Several degradation products are formed or released during AFEX pretreatment process, which can be divided into five groups: 1) carbohydrates, 2)...

Pyrolytic Pathways to Advanced Biofuels

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Pyrolysis is the thermal conversion of carbonaceous materials in the absence of molecular oxygen to liquids, solids and gases. In the most general...

Biological Conversion of Algefiber® (Seaweed Sludge) to Carboxylic Acids for Chemical Upgrading to Higher Alcohols Liquid Biofuel

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Concern about biofuel production from renewable resources has increased globally. Among different approaches to produce biofuels, the MixAlco ™...

Realizing the Potential of Advanced Biofuels

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Advanced biofuels or drop-in fuels is the terminology used to refer to hydrocarbon fuels that are direct replacements or supplements for existing...

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